Biography
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American actor.
Career
Most of Morgan's appearances have been on episodic television. Since 2000, he has amassed a number of credits in television shows such as ER, JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger, Angel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , and Monk.
In the 2005-2006 television season, he simultaneously appeared in three television series:
- on the WB series Supernatural as John Winchester, the mysterious father of Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles), who died in the show's second-season premiere;
- on the Showtime series Weeds as the deceased husband of Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker); and
- most notably, in a recurring role on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as heart transplant patient Denny Duquette, who carried on a relationship with intern Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and died in the show's second-season finale.
It was announced in May 2006 that Morgan has been cast in a new project by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes.
Morgan is also among the cast members that will star in a movie that's based on the Irish novelist Cecelia Aherns novel PS, I Love You. The movie is slated for release in 2007.
Trivia
- Grey's Anatomy is set in Seattle, the city where Morgan was born.
- In both Grey's Anatomy and Weeds, Morgan played characters who died of heart conditions.
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